7 distinct chords · 96 changes · 4:09 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- Em
- F
- Am
- Dm
- G
- B♭
What you are playing
Chords for What Was I Made For?, laid out across its 4:09 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 7 chords is a plain triad, so three notes under the right hand covers the whole song.
Play it in another key
The same song, moved. Every row is What Was I Made For? shifted by that many semitones — useful when the recording sits too high or too low for your voice. The chords keep their relationships, so the song is unchanged apart from its pitch.
| Shift | Key | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| G major | GBmCEmAmDF | |
| G♯ major | G♯CmC♯FmA♯mD♯F♯ | |
| A major | AC♯mDF♯mBmEG | |
| A♯ major | A♯DmD♯GmCmFG♯ | |
| B major | BD♯mEG♯mC♯mF♯A | |
| C major | CEmFAmDmGB♭ | |
| C♯ major | C♯FmF♯A♯mD♯mG♯B | |
| D major | DF♯mGBmEmAC | |
| D♯ major | D♯GmG♯CmFmA♯C♯ | |
| E major | EG♯mAC♯mF♯mBD | |
| F major | FAmA♯DmGmCD♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯A♯mBD♯mG♯mC♯E |
On a guitar there is a shortcut in one direction: transpose down by n and put a capo on fret n, and you are back at the original pitch while playing the easier shapes. That is what the capo line above is doing.
